Eagle News – Na-hold up ang American Swimmer at Athlete na si Ryan Lochte ilang oras pagkatapos ng kaniyang laro sa Rio Olympics sa Brazil. Ayon kay Lochte, sakay sila ng taxi pabalik na sana sa kanilang village nang parahin ng mga holdaper ang kanilang sinakyang taxi. Kinuha aniya ng mga suspek ang kanilang mga gamit habang tinututukan sila ng baril. Nangyari ang insidente ng pauwi galing sa dinaluhang party sa bahay ng kasama nilang […]
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Mga kaanib ng Iglesia ni Cristo nagsagawa ng Clean Up Drive sa Kinanliman River sa Real, Quezon
REAL, Quezon (Eagle News) – “Giyera Laban Sa Basura”, ito ang naging tema ng isang malakas at nagkakaisang pagkilos na isinagawa ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa paglilinis ng Kinanliman River sa Real, Quezon. Sumama rin ang halos lahat ng Departamento ng Gobyerno sa nasabing bayan. Ang nasabing “Clean Up Drive” ay pinangunahan ni Bro. Isaias A. Hipolito, District Supervising Minister ng Quezon North. Nakipagkaisa rin ang mga Ministro at maraming miyembro ng INC. Sumama rin sa […]
MRT 3 muling nagkaaberya
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – Muling nagkaroon ng aberya ang MRT 3 sa Quezon Avenue station South Bound kaninang umaga, Lunes, August 15, pasado alas kuwatro ng madaling araw, dahil sa technical problem. Sa nangyaring aberya, biglang humaba din ang pila ng mga commuter sa North Ave. Station. Subalt ligtas namang na-ibaba ang mga pasahero nito sa platform ng Quezon ave. Station. Kaagad namang naibalik sa normal byahe at operasyon ng tren pasado alas-singko ng […]
Police try to disperse Milwaukee crowds after one person shot during protests
(REUTERS) Tensions rose again on Sunday night with one person shot in the Milwaukee neighborhood where the fatal shooting of a suspect by a police officer touched off rioting and arson the previous night and prompted Wisconsin’s governor to activate the National Guard. After small groups of demonstrators gathered earlier in peaceful vigils, Milwaukee police said late Sunday night they began attempting to disperse crowds after shots were fired and objects were thrown by some […]
Wingsuit jumpers join meteor shower in Spanish sky
(Reuters) Joakim Sommer, Armando del Rey, Marco Waltenspiel and Georg Lettner paid a tribute to the celestial event this week, flying over La Palma in the Canary Islands where the sky is considered the cleanest in the North Hemisphere for astronomic observation. The four jumpers joined the Perseids, a prolific meteor shower usually peaking in August. That mid-August night, up to 500 meteors were observed per hour. In fact, the visibility of the Perseids […]
Usain Bolt wins historic 3rd straight 100M gold
(Reuters) For 9.81 glorious seconds on Sunday (August 14), all the ills that have dogged athletics recently were forgotten as Usain Bolt stormed to victory in the 100 metres final to become the first man to win three successive Olympic titles on the track. The Jamaican superstar trailed arch-rival Justin Gatlin, roundly booed by the Rio crowd for his doping past, until the 70 metre mark but then swept past the American, finding time […]
Trump lashes out at ‘crooked media’
by Brian KNOWLTON WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump, clearly angered by news reports that he has grown depressed and sullen over his fading presidential prospects, has issued some of his sharpest attacks on the media. “I am not running against Crooked Hillary Clinton,” the Republican presidential candidate said in a speech late Saturday in Fairfield, Connecticut. “I’m running against the crooked media.” Trump seemed particularly upset with a New York Times article that […]
Olympics: USA goes 5-0 as Thompson dumps slump
by Dan Martin RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — NBA marksman Klay Thompson shook off his Rio slump to net 30 points but the USA laboured again to defeat France Sunday as Olympic basketball heads for the knockout rounds. The 100-97 victory means the two-time defending gold medallists have won their group at 5-0 but must wait until Monday to learn their quarter-final opponent. Australia, meanwhile, beat Venezuela 81-56 to finish second in Group A […]
PDEA warns public of 7 new dangerous drugs
QUEZON CITY, Aug. 15 (PIA) – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) recently issued a warning to the public on the inclusion of seven additional substances in the list of dangerous drugs based on the recommendations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). PDEA Director General Isidro S. Lapeña cited the various decisions of the CND during its 59th Session classifying the following substances with the appropriate controls […]
Lebel ng tubig sa Marikina River patuloy na binabantayan
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – -Nakaalerto pa rin ang pamunuan ng marikina city sa lebel ng tubig sa Marikina River. Ayon kay Marikina City Mayor Marcelino Teodoro, patuloy silang magbabantay sa harap ng forecast na posibleng hanggang Biyernes pa tumagal ang mga pag-ulan. Mahalaga anya na maging alerto ang lahat dahil kadalasang tumataas ng lampas tao ang baha sa ilang barangay kapag umabot ng mahigit sa 18 meters ang tubig sa Marikina River. Kabilang […]
Mga pag-ulan inaasahang tatagal pa hanggang Biyernes
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Asahan ang mas marami pang ulan at mga posibleng pagbaha ngayong linggo. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), ito ay dahil tatagal pa hanggang sa Biyernes, Agosto 19 ang mga pag-ulang dulot ng southwest monsoon o habagat. Partikular na inalerto ng PAGASA hinggil sa mga posibleng maranasang malakas na ulan at pagbaha ay ang Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region , Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, […]
S. Korea’s Park tells North to abandon nuclear weapons
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Monday urged North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapon programme and defended the deployment of a US anti-missile system in the face of repeated “provocations” by Pyongyang. Tensions have been running high on the divided Korean peninsula ever since the North carried out its fourth nuclear test in January, and are expected to spike again when the South launches an annual joint military exercise […]
